5. Google Maps' Pegman is to the tennis player
As soon as you Pegman (the yellow male) on the Arthur Ashe stadium in New York, place, and suddenly he's like a tennis player dressed. The Arthur Ashe stadium is the largest tennis stadium in the world and has its name from the AIDS deceased tennis player Arthur Ashe.
Tennis Player-Pegman
4. Eclipse of the sun and planets in Google Maps
Since then the 3D view of the earth is integrated in the maps, you can zoom out until you see the complete planet. You can even switch between each of the planets, the moon, Mars, and earth. At times, the sun and the lunar Eclipse, the shadow of the earth, and darkness shown on the sun and the moon. So watch the Eclipse directly from space.
3. "Lord of the rings" in Google Maps
In the English Google Maps as a start address "Rivendell" or "The Shire" and destination address "Mordor". Then select the walking Route- and you will with the words, "Use caution – One does not simply walk into Mordor" warned. This is an allusion to "the Lord of the rings" where Boromir warns the companions with exactly these words. The set is also a popular template for Internetmemes.
Easter Egg to "the Lord of the rings"
2. With the Jet Ski across the Pacific ocean
According to Google Maps, you can walk from China to Japan. However, you should not go out now is premature, because, at the latest, at 298. The waypoint you are in need of technical AIDS. Then you need to namely "Jet Ski across the Pacific" and the next 782 kilometers.
To Japan on the Jet-Ski
1. Street View as a penguin in the Antarctic
Is Pegman at this point, on the Antarctic Livingston island positioned, he turns into a penguin. But that's not all, because you can move to the place now, in the same way as on a street in Street View Fort.
Street View as a penguin
Whether the Easter Eggs in the mobile versions of Google Maps work, try one of the best self - with the respective Android or iPhone App.
A photo-route to other funny Software-Easter-Eggs you can find here.
